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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE The USC track and field team hosts the Trojan Relays Saturday at 11 a.m.
Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | VOL. 163, NO. 30 | www.dailytrojan.com friday, february 29, 2008
DANCIN’ IN THE STREETS
USC hip-hop dance team, Break Through,
performs tonight along with three other
student dance groups at Bovard. 5
HOMEWRECKERS
The USC women’s basketball team lost
their second game at home against
Arizona Thursday night. 12
By NATALIE JARVEY
Daily Trojan
Undergraduate Student Gov-ernment
Chief of Staff Matthew
Heins cited changing working
relationships as the reason for
his unexpected resignation from
USG.
He said they disagreed profes-sionally.
“My relationship with Sahil
was different than it used to be
and my relationship with the
directors was different than it
used to be,” Heins said.
USG President Sahil Chaudry
said he and Heins disagreed on
some issues, but he declined to
comment on particular instanc-es.
“No two people always agree,”
he said.
Heins came forward to speak
about his resignation after
Chaudry and Vice President
Max Slavkin refused to explain
the circumstances of the resigna-tion,
claiming that he had spo-ken
with them in confidence.
“They came to that decision
on their own,” Heins said, refer-ring
to Chaudry and Slavkin’s
USG’s Matt Heins said he
left his position because
of job disagreements.
Chief
of staff
discusses
leaving
| see RESIGN, page 2 |
USC receives Academy of
Motion Picture donation
By STEPHANIE LAU
Daily Trojan
Two days before the 80th annual
Academy Awards, the USC School
of Cinematic Arts announced it
had been given an award of its own
by the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences.
“The Academy has an old and
unique relationship with the
school,” said Leslie Unger, the di-rector
of communications at AM-PAS.
“We wanted to continue it as
the future moves forward with the
new facility.”
The Academy donated $3 million
to the construction of the School
of Cinematic Arts’ new complex,
a year and a half after filmmaker
and USC alumnus George Lucas
donated $175 million.
The Academy’s extensive grant
program donates to film programs
around the world, generally ranging
from a couple thousand to $20,000,
Unger said.
Most of Lucas’ $75 million gift
has gone to the cost of construc-tion
of the new cinema complex,
but the rest is going toward the en-dowment
of the school, said Mar-lene
Loadvine, associate dean of the
School.
The new complex will cost $100
million, and Lucas has been in-volved
in helping the School ob-tain
the additional $25 million, she
said. Lucas approached the Acad-emy,
which played a key role in the
School’s founding, to contribute to
the construction cost.
The new complex in expected to
be finished in December 2008.
The Academy’s relationship with
USC began in 1929, when Douglas
Fairbanks Sr., the first president
The Academy donated
$3 million to the new
cinematic arts complex.
| see Academy, page 2 |
Rendering courtesy of the School of Cinematic Arts
Gathering | A Digital representation of the coutryard that is to be
named after the Academy of Motion Picture and Sciences.
SPORTS | USC
freshman O.J. Mayo
scored 20 points in
the Trojans’ win over
Arizona. PAGE 20
Lunar New Year Celebration
The USC Kazan Taiko
Japanese drum group was one
of multiple groups performing
at the Lunar New Years Bazaar
in McCarthy Quad on Thursday
evening.
The group practices twice
each week. Some of the earliest
recorded uses of taiko drums were
on ancient Japanese battlefields
Gary Fung | Daily Trojan
during the Warring States Period
between the middle of the 15th
century and the start of the 17th
century. They were used both
to command troops and intimi-date
opponents. Taiko went on
to become common in Japanese
courts.
OPINION | USG
owes the student
body a clear
explanation of chief
of staff’s resignation.
PAGE 4

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE The USC track and field team hosts the Trojan Relays Saturday at 11 a.m.
Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | VOL. 163, NO. 30 | www.dailytrojan.com friday, february 29, 2008
DANCIN’ IN THE STREETS
USC hip-hop dance team, Break Through,
performs tonight along with three other
student dance groups at Bovard. 5
HOMEWRECKERS
The USC women’s basketball team lost
their second game at home against
Arizona Thursday night. 12
By NATALIE JARVEY
Daily Trojan
Undergraduate Student Gov-ernment
Chief of Staff Matthew
Heins cited changing working
relationships as the reason for
his unexpected resignation from
USG.
He said they disagreed profes-sionally.
“My relationship with Sahil
was different than it used to be
and my relationship with the
directors was different than it
used to be,” Heins said.
USG President Sahil Chaudry
said he and Heins disagreed on
some issues, but he declined to
comment on particular instanc-es.
“No two people always agree,”
he said.
Heins came forward to speak
about his resignation after
Chaudry and Vice President
Max Slavkin refused to explain
the circumstances of the resigna-tion,
claiming that he had spo-ken
with them in confidence.
“They came to that decision
on their own,” Heins said, refer-ring
to Chaudry and Slavkin’s
USG’s Matt Heins said he
left his position because
of job disagreements.
Chief
of staff
discusses
leaving
| see RESIGN, page 2 |
USC receives Academy of
Motion Picture donation
By STEPHANIE LAU
Daily Trojan
Two days before the 80th annual
Academy Awards, the USC School
of Cinematic Arts announced it
had been given an award of its own
by the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences.
“The Academy has an old and
unique relationship with the
school,” said Leslie Unger, the di-rector
of communications at AM-PAS.
“We wanted to continue it as
the future moves forward with the
new facility.”
The Academy donated $3 million
to the construction of the School
of Cinematic Arts’ new complex,
a year and a half after filmmaker
and USC alumnus George Lucas
donated $175 million.
The Academy’s extensive grant
program donates to film programs
around the world, generally ranging
from a couple thousand to $20,000,
Unger said.
Most of Lucas’ $75 million gift
has gone to the cost of construc-tion
of the new cinema complex,
but the rest is going toward the en-dowment
of the school, said Mar-lene
Loadvine, associate dean of the
School.
The new complex will cost $100
million, and Lucas has been in-volved
in helping the School ob-tain
the additional $25 million, she
said. Lucas approached the Acad-emy,
which played a key role in the
School’s founding, to contribute to
the construction cost.
The new complex in expected to
be finished in December 2008.
The Academy’s relationship with
USC began in 1929, when Douglas
Fairbanks Sr., the first president
The Academy donated
$3 million to the new
cinematic arts complex.
| see Academy, page 2 |
Rendering courtesy of the School of Cinematic Arts
Gathering | A Digital representation of the coutryard that is to be
named after the Academy of Motion Picture and Sciences.
SPORTS | USC
freshman O.J. Mayo
scored 20 points in
the Trojans’ win over
Arizona. PAGE 20
Lunar New Year Celebration
The USC Kazan Taiko
Japanese drum group was one
of multiple groups performing
at the Lunar New Years Bazaar
in McCarthy Quad on Thursday
evening.
The group practices twice
each week. Some of the earliest
recorded uses of taiko drums were
on ancient Japanese battlefields
Gary Fung | Daily Trojan
during the Warring States Period
between the middle of the 15th
century and the start of the 17th
century. They were used both
to command troops and intimi-date
opponents. Taiko went on
to become common in Japanese
courts.
OPINION | USG
owes the student
body a clear
explanation of chief
of staff’s resignation.
PAGE 4